Siheyuan: Yan Jiekuang's carefree life

Yan Jiekuang hid in the dark and listened to their conversation for a while, and saw the three people separated. Yan Jiekuang did not follow any of them, but was thinking in his mind where their so-called treasure was hidden. Yan Jiekuang unconsciously expanded the range of his spiritual sense scan again. But after searching for a while, Yan Jiekuang did not find any valuable information, so he had to choose to give up temporarily. Then Yan Jiekuang walked to two chestnut trees not far from him. Yan Jiekuang saw that the chestnuts on the trees were almost ripe. Seeing that there was no one around, he scanned with his spiritual sense. All the chestnuts on the trees entered the space, and then walked down the mountain.

After walking for more than ten minutes, Yan Jiekuang got some chestnuts from the space and put them into his backpack, then he put a large bag of chestnuts into a sack, and then he appeared in front of everyone.

Su Zihui, who was reading in the house, heard the sound of the door opening and immediately walked to the window. Seeing Yan Jiekuang coming back, she immediately ran out of the house. Seeing Yan Jiekuang pouring the contents of the sack onto the ground, she exclaimed in surprise, "Chestnuts?!" Then she asked, "Are all the chestnuts on the mountain ripe?!"

Yan Jiekuang replied, "It's not fully cooked, but it's almost done." Then Yan Jiekuang stepped on the shell of a chestnut, took out the chestnut inside, handed it to Su Zihui, and said, "Try it."

"Hey!" Su Zihui took the chestnuts that Yan Jiekuang handed to her and said, "Not long after you left, the captain and the branch secretary came to see you. They wanted to organize a hunting team and go hunting in the mountains before the busy farming season. They asked if you wanted to go."

After Yan Jiekuang emptied the contents of the backpack, he said, "Take the hare and pheasant back to the kitchen first. I'll go find the captain and be back soon."

"Oh!" Su Zihui responded and walked towards the kitchen with the backpack.

More than ten minutes later, Yan Jiekuang arrived at the brigade headquarters. When he reached the door of the office, Yan Jiekuang reached out and knocked on the door.

Gao Junsong heard a knock on the door and shouted, "Come in!"

Yan Jiekuang pushed the door open and entered the room, closing it behind him and asking, "Uncle Captain, Zihui said you and the Party Secretary were looking for me?!"

Gao Junsong said, "That's right. Tomorrow the team will organize people to go hunting in the mountains. I want to ask if you want to go."

Yan Jiekuang asked: "Uncle Captain, who are the people going into the mountains this time?!"

Gao Junsong said, "This time the branch secretary is leading the team. You are the only educated youth in the team, along with a few hunters from our team and some retired soldiers. There are twelve of us in total."

“Okay!” Yan Jiekuang responded, saying, “Then I’ll go with you.” He then asked, “Captain, you are a local resident of this village. Do you know any legends about the village in the past?!”

"Legend?!" Gao Junsong was stunned for a moment and said, "No!" Then he asked, "Who told you that?!"

Yan Jiekuang told Gao Junsong what he had just heard on the mountain. After listening to Yan Jiekuang's narration, Gao Junsong's face changed slightly and asked, "Did you see the appearance of the other two people clearly?!"

Yan Jiekuang nodded, picked up the pen and paper on the table, and drew the appearance of the other two people.

"What are you two doing?!" Yan Jiekuang had just drawn the appearance of the two people when Tian Dazhuang and Wu Haiwang walked in from outside.

Gao Junsong said: "There are enemy spies sneaking in here."

"What?!" Tian Dazhuang and Wu Haiwang were both surprised. Wu Haiwang said, "Lao Gao, this is not a joke."

Gao Junsong looked at Yan Jiekuang and said, "Xiao Yan, tell them what you just saw on the mountain."

"Hey!" Yan Jiekuang responded, and then told Tian Dazhuang and Wu Haiwang what he saw and heard on the mountain.

Tian Dazhuang said: "I didn't expect this to happen?!"

When Wu Haiwang and Gao Junsong heard what Tian Dazhuang said, they both looked at Tian Dazhuang at the same time.

Tian Dazhuang said: "Our family used to be farmhands of the landlord Xie. The reason why the landlord Xie was liquidated was not only because he was rich and unkind, but also because his three sons were traitors who helped the little devils do many evil things. They also brought disaster to many of our fellow villagers. Before the little devils surrendered, the youngest son of the landlord Xie brought people to the village, and took away all the men, women and children in the village under the pretext of building a road. Not long after, the other two sons of the landlord Xie brought a large number of devils to the village. They stayed in the village for one night. The next day, the two sons of the landlord Xie took the devils into the mountains. It was not until half a month later that the two devil officers came out of the mountains. As for the others, they never came out again. My father and Haiwang's father were cautious at the time and left the village a day later before they knew about this."

Wu Haiwang said, "Let's go! Let's go ask my dad." Wu Haiwang took the portrait from Gao Junsong, looked at it, and said, "Old Tian, ​​isn't this Song Huaigang, the son-in-law from your second uncle's family?!"

Tian Dazhuang looked at the portrait and said, "It's really him. The other one is Xie Laozhuan, the new village chief of the Wangshan Brigade next door. I met him at the meeting yesterday."

Gao Junsong said: "I'm afraid there are more people looking for those things than the three that Yan Jiekuang saw. There may be others."

Wu Haiwang said: "Now the enemy is in the dark and we are in the light. All we can do now is to take one step at a time. No matter what, we have to find those things before these people."

Gao Junsong said, "Okay! Let's go find your father now." Then Gao Junsong looked at Yan Jiekuang. Yan Jiekuang said, "Captain, I have said everything I need to say. There is nothing for me to do now. I will go back first. If you need my help, just tell me."

Gao Junsong said: "Let's gather at the threshing ground when we go to work tomorrow. We will set out together then."

"Hey!" Yan Jiekuang responded and left the brigade headquarters.

"Dad!" More than ten minutes later, Wu Haiwang returned home with Gao Junsong and Tian Dazhuang, and saw his father Wu Laoqi chopping wood. Wu Laoqi heard the call, put down the axe in his hand, looked at Wu Haiwang a little embarrassedly, and said, "I'm just stretching my muscles."

"Uncle Wu!" Just then Gao Junsong and Tian Dazhuang walked up to Wu Laoqi. Wu Laoqi smiled and asked, "Why are you two here today?!"

Wu Haiwang glanced outside the courtyard and whispered in Wu Laoqi's ear: "Dad, do you still remember when the Japanese came to our village before they surrendered?!"

Wu Laoqi's face changed and he said, "Let's go! Let's go inside and talk."

After entering the house, Wu Laoqi asked directly: "Why did you three think of asking this?!"

Gao Junsong said, "Uncle Wu, the people over there with the bald head have set their sights on these things."

Wu Laoqi sighed and said, "Back then, all the people in the village were called to build the road. In the past, only some young and strong people in the village were called to go. But that time, it was unusual. They took away all the old and young in the village. Junsong's father and I thought there was something wrong. So we found an excuse and hid in the village. Unexpectedly, the next day, the eldest and second sons of the landlord Xie's family brought a large number of devils. When they arrived in the village, the devils first searched the entire village. They were probably afraid that someone would stay. In the afternoon, the village drove into Dozens of trucks came. There were many boxes on the trucks. As for what was in the boxes, we didn't know. Later, the eldest and second sons of the Xie family accompanied the Japanese into the mountains with these boxes. We didn't dare to follow them into the mountains. We stayed outside for three whole days, but didn't see anyone coming out. When the two of us were about to go find the villagers, the villagers had all returned. When we went home to ask, we found out. It wasn't a road construction at all, they were just locked up in one place. Fearing that they would cause trouble, they were only given one meal a day. The food was given by the third son of the landlord Xie. "